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The Daily Echo, 1935-12-18

1935-12-18 Page 01

Great Going, Team!
Shortridge Daily Echo
First American High School Daily
On To Shelbyville!
Vol. XXXVIII. No. 65. SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Wednesday, December 18, 1985.
TWO CENTS
JOE CAVANAGH WINS
BEST WRITING AWARD
Fiction Club Program Includes
Christmas Echo Stories
And Grab Bag
At a Christmas Party held at the
home of Miss Ruth Louise Armstrong, sponsor of the Fiction Club,
Miss Armstrong announced that Joe
Cavanagh had won the award of
five dollars for the best of the sixteen short stories, five of which will
be published in the Christmas Echo.
Judges were faculty members of
the English department.
Annual Reception
Several locations were suggested
for the New Year's Reception. This
is an annual get-together held by
the Fictionlsts for which former
members of the club return. It
was decided that the reception will
be held Sunday, December 29.
Christmas Stories Read
The club this year offered a flve
dollar prize for the best Christmas
Echo story. Joe Cavanagh received
the honor. Of the sixteen contestants, George Scott Olive, Bert Servaas, Mildred Benson, and Phil Hennessee will have their stories published.
All of these stories received favorable criticism from the judges and
will appear in the special Christmas
Echo issue. Each of these five was
read before the members of the
club. Because of the absence of
Phil Hennessee, Arthur Northrup
read his story.
As an introduction to Joe Cavan-
agh's story, Scott Olive sang "Holy
(Continuea on page four)
ETHIOPIAN SPEARS
BEFORE HISTORY CLUB
Mr. Gachaw Speaks on "Ethiopia
And Its Present Crisis
With Mussolini"
ALLIANCE WILL CELEBRATE
%-TOBL
All members and friends have
been invited To attend the annual
Christmas party of the Alliance
Francaise. It will be held Saturday, December the twenty-first at
12:30 P. M. The luncheon will be
followed by Christmas songs and
recitations. Those attending are
asked to bring toys which will be
given to the Indianapolis Star, who,
in turn, will give them to the poor.
Anyone who wishes»to attend, reserve seats through*- M;s. Gertrude
Weathers, of the French department,
in Room 308.
The Shortridge History Club yesterday was privileged to hear a talk
given by Mr. Gabra Sadih Gachaw,
one of the two native born Americans in the United States, and a
student at Shortridge in 1927. The
subject of his talk was "Ethiopia
and Its Present Crisis."
The speaker was introduced by
Anne Holmes, whose father made
possible his appearance before the
club.
Size of Country
"Ethiopia, not Abyssinia, is the
correct name of my fatherland," began Mr. Gachaw. "When the Greeks
came to know the Inhabitants, they
called them 'Ethiops', an Arabic
term meaning 'mixture'.
"Ethiopia is larger than Texas.
Its exact population, however, is
not known. The United States
could be placed in it Sbur times and
still have room to spare.
False Impressions
"In a large sense I am an African,"
he continued, "but I have never appeared in tribal dress. Two years
ago, I saw Mr. Welssmueller in "Tarzan*. I must say that many of the
things shown by the movies concerning Africa, are incorrect. From
these impressions, the public as a
usual thing, is under the misapprehension that Africa is a horrible
desert. The desert extends only
(Continued on page four)
S. H. S.' Groups Give
Christmas Program
The high points of tlie Christmas
Music program given'before the
close of school on Friday, December 20, in Caleb Milia Hall, will be
"A Christmas Carol," sung by the
Shortridge choir and composed by
Virginia Hoss, a student in the
Harmony IV class. Virginia will
accompany the choir*, playing her
own music on the organ. Also included in the features is a soprano
solo by Mrs-Hope Nevltt, who wiil
sing "Ave maria" by Bach-Gouno-J,
and will be accopapanied by violin,
harp, piano, and organ. The program follows: ■--.-
Joy to the World Handel
Sung by the school
Brightest and Best Coombs
Shortridge Choir.
Accompanied by violin, harp,
and piano.
Jesu Bambino (organ solo) .. Yon
Miss Christine Houseman
A Christmas Carol .... Virginia Hoss
Shortridge Choir and Boys'
Glee Club.
Ave Maria (soprano solo) .... Bach-
Gounod — Mrs. Hope Nevitt
(Continued on page four)
JR. DRAMA LEAGUE
ELECTS OFFICERS
ELMER — WIRY ELMER
Elmer says, "For ten cents I'd
go with every loyal member of the
Shortridge faculty and student body
to that B-I-G Shortridge-Tech basketball game."
This wiry lad also says to all
those Green Techites that there's
loads of True Blue spirit behind all
those yells we're going to give.
The Elmer pins are going fast
and there's a very limited number,
so display your loyalty, and, for only
a dime, you'll have a keepsake of
the 1935 Shortridge victory over
Tech.
THREE JUDGES NAME
ELTZROTH, NORTHRUP
TRI ■ STATE CAPTAINS
Yesterday afternoon the newly-organized Junior Drama League met
in Room 315 at conference period.
The club began Us plans for organization last week. Mrs. Hattie
Lou Winslow sponsors the group
which is composed of freshmen who
are interested in dramatics.
(Continued on page four)
Rassmann, Wilmeth Complete
Affirmative; Warren,
Morrish, Negative
Tuesday Miss Minnie Lloyd of the
history department, C. C. Shoemaker, coach, and Russel Sigler of
the history department selected as
members of the Tri-State debating
teams Carter Eltzroth, captain, Emil
Rassmann, and Harvey Wilmeth, for
the afflrmative, and Arthur Nortn-
rup, captain, Elmer Warren, and
Richard Morrish for the negative.
James Brock and Bert Servaas will
be the alternates. The competition
was so close that two "B" teams
wlll be chosen to compete with the
Tri-State teams. These Tri-State
teams are tentative, and If during
the course of the debating, a member of the "B" team shows superiority, he will be placed on the "A"
team. The members of the S. H. S.
afflrmative team will visit Walnut
Hills High School of Cincinnati,
(Continued on page four)
, Chemistry I's See Motion Picture
Through the courtesy of the Indianapolis Water Company, tho
Chemistry I classes were shown a
motion picture today. Purification
and distribution of our water supply
was the subject of the picture. Mr.
H. Rupard, a representative of the
Water Company, spoke in connection with the picture. Filtering of
water, reservoirs, and distribution
were a few of the major points of
interest which Mr. Rupard explained.
Speaking of Senior Parties
It seems that there's going to be
a senipr party tomorrow, December
19, at 2:45, in the Shortridge gym.
In fact, it seems that this will be
an occasion not to be missed. The
foregoing conclusion was arrived
at by basing our deductions on the
principle that history always repeats
itself and on the bona fide statements of past participants of senior
Christmas parties.
Walter Geisler, S. H. S. alumnus
and noted connoisseur of parties,
remarks that he had a specially good
time at his senior party for two
reasons. That was the first year
that classes were allowed to have
parties and also he himself had just
learned to dance. (And he was a
judge at the dance contest at the
Round-Up!).
The year the "Charleston" was
the rage was the year "Long Tom"
Woods graduated from Shortridge.
Mr. Woods, now freshman gym
coach, vividly remembers that old
jig as part of the entertainment at
his class' Christmas party. He says
he had a grand time there.
Santa Ciaus, Simon Roache to
you, will be there, tomorrow, and
you'll remember him after you've
forgotten everything else about Che
party. At least Robert Shultz, director of the band, does. He still
gets a laugh when, he thinks of the
gifts that Santa dispersed.
This may be telling tales out of
school but a member of our own
class, M. M., crashed last year's
party. She said she had a perfectly
super time, and she'll certainly be
there tomorrow. Will you?
DICK MILLER PLACES
MARTIN AS CENTER
ON ALL STATE TEAM
Shortridge Only Local School
To Rate First Team
In Times' List
Brown, Wey, Bartley Also Honored
Wesley Martin Chosen Center
Dick Miller, sports writer for hte
Indianapolis Times, has announced
Wesley Martin as center on the All-
State team. Shortridge was represented on the fourth team by Jack
Brown in the position of fullback.
Carl Wey and Max Bartley as guanl
and halfback received honorable
mention. Shortridge was the only «
city high school represented on the
first team.
Other Schools Represented
Memorial High School of Evansville was awarded the Indianapolis
Times trophy "Triumph," which
symbolizes the outstanding football
team in the state.
Other Indianapolis schools which
are represented are Tech, with four
players receiving honorable mention; Broad Ripple, having two
members; Cathedral, with Connor
on the third team, and represented
by two others in the honorable
mentions. Washington and Manual
each had one member mentioned,
while Schwomeyer of Manual received a position on the third team.
Other State Teams
A. L. Trester, Indiana High School
Athletic Association Commissioner
announced that eighty-nine member
schools produced football teams this
year with 4,826 boys pariticipating.
COMMITTEE PLANS
SR. CLASS PARTY
In Room 329 yesterday afternoon
the members of the Entertainment
Committee for the Senior Party re
hearsed their play, "The Little Red
Schoolhouse."
First on the program will be the
play, followed by the entrance of
Good St. Nick, himself. Then there
will be dancing.
Those participating in the play
are Jack Fisher, Max Bartley, Wesley Martin, John Doty, Hiram Sex-
son, Jack Corey, Lewis Morrison,
Roberta Haskell, Joy Geupel, Allan
Scales, Leroy New, Bob Slaughter,
Dan Flickinger, Harriett McCord,
and Tommie Wright. AU seniors
whether they have paid their dues
or not are welcome.
TRUITT WINS BOYS'
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Last Friday afternoon, the annual
Boys' Golf Tournament, under the
supervision of Simon P. Roache, was
brought to a close when Frank
Trultt won over Bill Weaver. A
handsome trophy will be given to
Truitt, and an athletic season book,
good for the remaining season, wlll
be presented to Weaver.
A summary of the entire golf
tournament follows:
First Round —
Zigner vs. Phillips)
(8 and 6) Phillips
Jaggers vs. Weaver)
(Continued on page three)

Great Going, Team!
Shortridge Daily Echo
First American High School Daily
On To Shelbyville!
Vol. XXXVIII. No. 65. SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Wednesday, December 18, 1985.
TWO CENTS
JOE CAVANAGH WINS
BEST WRITING AWARD
Fiction Club Program Includes
Christmas Echo Stories
And Grab Bag
At a Christmas Party held at the
home of Miss Ruth Louise Armstrong, sponsor of the Fiction Club,
Miss Armstrong announced that Joe
Cavanagh had won the award of
five dollars for the best of the sixteen short stories, five of which will
be published in the Christmas Echo.
Judges were faculty members of
the English department.
Annual Reception
Several locations were suggested
for the New Year's Reception. This
is an annual get-together held by
the Fictionlsts for which former
members of the club return. It
was decided that the reception will
be held Sunday, December 29.
Christmas Stories Read
The club this year offered a flve
dollar prize for the best Christmas
Echo story. Joe Cavanagh received
the honor. Of the sixteen contestants, George Scott Olive, Bert Servaas, Mildred Benson, and Phil Hennessee will have their stories published.
All of these stories received favorable criticism from the judges and
will appear in the special Christmas
Echo issue. Each of these five was
read before the members of the
club. Because of the absence of
Phil Hennessee, Arthur Northrup
read his story.
As an introduction to Joe Cavan-
agh's story, Scott Olive sang "Holy
(Continuea on page four)
ETHIOPIAN SPEARS
BEFORE HISTORY CLUB
Mr. Gachaw Speaks on "Ethiopia
And Its Present Crisis
With Mussolini"
ALLIANCE WILL CELEBRATE
%-TOBL
All members and friends have
been invited To attend the annual
Christmas party of the Alliance
Francaise. It will be held Saturday, December the twenty-first at
12:30 P. M. The luncheon will be
followed by Christmas songs and
recitations. Those attending are
asked to bring toys which will be
given to the Indianapolis Star, who,
in turn, will give them to the poor.
Anyone who wishes»to attend, reserve seats through*- M;s. Gertrude
Weathers, of the French department,
in Room 308.
The Shortridge History Club yesterday was privileged to hear a talk
given by Mr. Gabra Sadih Gachaw,
one of the two native born Americans in the United States, and a
student at Shortridge in 1927. The
subject of his talk was "Ethiopia
and Its Present Crisis."
The speaker was introduced by
Anne Holmes, whose father made
possible his appearance before the
club.
Size of Country
"Ethiopia, not Abyssinia, is the
correct name of my fatherland," began Mr. Gachaw. "When the Greeks
came to know the Inhabitants, they
called them 'Ethiops', an Arabic
term meaning 'mixture'.
"Ethiopia is larger than Texas.
Its exact population, however, is
not known. The United States
could be placed in it Sbur times and
still have room to spare.
False Impressions
"In a large sense I am an African,"
he continued, "but I have never appeared in tribal dress. Two years
ago, I saw Mr. Welssmueller in "Tarzan*. I must say that many of the
things shown by the movies concerning Africa, are incorrect. From
these impressions, the public as a
usual thing, is under the misapprehension that Africa is a horrible
desert. The desert extends only
(Continued on page four)
S. H. S.' Groups Give
Christmas Program
The high points of tlie Christmas
Music program given'before the
close of school on Friday, December 20, in Caleb Milia Hall, will be
"A Christmas Carol," sung by the
Shortridge choir and composed by
Virginia Hoss, a student in the
Harmony IV class. Virginia will
accompany the choir*, playing her
own music on the organ. Also included in the features is a soprano
solo by Mrs-Hope Nevltt, who wiil
sing "Ave maria" by Bach-Gouno-J,
and will be accopapanied by violin,
harp, piano, and organ. The program follows: ■--.-
Joy to the World Handel
Sung by the school
Brightest and Best Coombs
Shortridge Choir.
Accompanied by violin, harp,
and piano.
Jesu Bambino (organ solo) .. Yon
Miss Christine Houseman
A Christmas Carol .... Virginia Hoss
Shortridge Choir and Boys'
Glee Club.
Ave Maria (soprano solo) .... Bach-
Gounod — Mrs. Hope Nevitt
(Continued on page four)
JR. DRAMA LEAGUE
ELECTS OFFICERS
ELMER — WIRY ELMER
Elmer says, "For ten cents I'd
go with every loyal member of the
Shortridge faculty and student body
to that B-I-G Shortridge-Tech basketball game."
This wiry lad also says to all
those Green Techites that there's
loads of True Blue spirit behind all
those yells we're going to give.
The Elmer pins are going fast
and there's a very limited number,
so display your loyalty, and, for only
a dime, you'll have a keepsake of
the 1935 Shortridge victory over
Tech.
THREE JUDGES NAME
ELTZROTH, NORTHRUP
TRI ■ STATE CAPTAINS
Yesterday afternoon the newly-organized Junior Drama League met
in Room 315 at conference period.
The club began Us plans for organization last week. Mrs. Hattie
Lou Winslow sponsors the group
which is composed of freshmen who
are interested in dramatics.
(Continued on page four)
Rassmann, Wilmeth Complete
Affirmative; Warren,
Morrish, Negative
Tuesday Miss Minnie Lloyd of the
history department, C. C. Shoemaker, coach, and Russel Sigler of
the history department selected as
members of the Tri-State debating
teams Carter Eltzroth, captain, Emil
Rassmann, and Harvey Wilmeth, for
the afflrmative, and Arthur Nortn-
rup, captain, Elmer Warren, and
Richard Morrish for the negative.
James Brock and Bert Servaas will
be the alternates. The competition
was so close that two "B" teams
wlll be chosen to compete with the
Tri-State teams. These Tri-State
teams are tentative, and If during
the course of the debating, a member of the "B" team shows superiority, he will be placed on the "A"
team. The members of the S. H. S.
afflrmative team will visit Walnut
Hills High School of Cincinnati,
(Continued on page four)
, Chemistry I's See Motion Picture
Through the courtesy of the Indianapolis Water Company, tho
Chemistry I classes were shown a
motion picture today. Purification
and distribution of our water supply
was the subject of the picture. Mr.
H. Rupard, a representative of the
Water Company, spoke in connection with the picture. Filtering of
water, reservoirs, and distribution
were a few of the major points of
interest which Mr. Rupard explained.
Speaking of Senior Parties
It seems that there's going to be
a senipr party tomorrow, December
19, at 2:45, in the Shortridge gym.
In fact, it seems that this will be
an occasion not to be missed. The
foregoing conclusion was arrived
at by basing our deductions on the
principle that history always repeats
itself and on the bona fide statements of past participants of senior
Christmas parties.
Walter Geisler, S. H. S. alumnus
and noted connoisseur of parties,
remarks that he had a specially good
time at his senior party for two
reasons. That was the first year
that classes were allowed to have
parties and also he himself had just
learned to dance. (And he was a
judge at the dance contest at the
Round-Up!).
The year the "Charleston" was
the rage was the year "Long Tom"
Woods graduated from Shortridge.
Mr. Woods, now freshman gym
coach, vividly remembers that old
jig as part of the entertainment at
his class' Christmas party. He says
he had a grand time there.
Santa Ciaus, Simon Roache to
you, will be there, tomorrow, and
you'll remember him after you've
forgotten everything else about Che
party. At least Robert Shultz, director of the band, does. He still
gets a laugh when, he thinks of the
gifts that Santa dispersed.
This may be telling tales out of
school but a member of our own
class, M. M., crashed last year's
party. She said she had a perfectly
super time, and she'll certainly be
there tomorrow. Will you?
DICK MILLER PLACES
MARTIN AS CENTER
ON ALL STATE TEAM
Shortridge Only Local School
To Rate First Team
In Times' List
Brown, Wey, Bartley Also Honored
Wesley Martin Chosen Center
Dick Miller, sports writer for hte
Indianapolis Times, has announced
Wesley Martin as center on the All-
State team. Shortridge was represented on the fourth team by Jack
Brown in the position of fullback.
Carl Wey and Max Bartley as guanl
and halfback received honorable
mention. Shortridge was the only «
city high school represented on the
first team.
Other Schools Represented
Memorial High School of Evansville was awarded the Indianapolis
Times trophy "Triumph," which
symbolizes the outstanding football
team in the state.
Other Indianapolis schools which
are represented are Tech, with four
players receiving honorable mention; Broad Ripple, having two
members; Cathedral, with Connor
on the third team, and represented
by two others in the honorable
mentions. Washington and Manual
each had one member mentioned,
while Schwomeyer of Manual received a position on the third team.
Other State Teams
A. L. Trester, Indiana High School
Athletic Association Commissioner
announced that eighty-nine member
schools produced football teams this
year with 4,826 boys pariticipating.
COMMITTEE PLANS
SR. CLASS PARTY
In Room 329 yesterday afternoon
the members of the Entertainment
Committee for the Senior Party re
hearsed their play, "The Little Red
Schoolhouse."
First on the program will be the
play, followed by the entrance of
Good St. Nick, himself. Then there
will be dancing.
Those participating in the play
are Jack Fisher, Max Bartley, Wesley Martin, John Doty, Hiram Sex-
son, Jack Corey, Lewis Morrison,
Roberta Haskell, Joy Geupel, Allan
Scales, Leroy New, Bob Slaughter,
Dan Flickinger, Harriett McCord,
and Tommie Wright. AU seniors
whether they have paid their dues
or not are welcome.
TRUITT WINS BOYS'
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Last Friday afternoon, the annual
Boys' Golf Tournament, under the
supervision of Simon P. Roache, was
brought to a close when Frank
Trultt won over Bill Weaver. A
handsome trophy will be given to
Truitt, and an athletic season book,
good for the remaining season, wlll
be presented to Weaver.
A summary of the entire golf
tournament follows:
First Round —
Zigner vs. Phillips)
(8 and 6) Phillips
Jaggers vs. Weaver)
(Continued on page three)